For its Magic Kingdom style parks, Disney’s Imagineers have faced a continual problem – what to do with Tomorrowland. Any vision of tomorrow quickly risks becoming a glimpse at yesterday and eventually the land requires an expensive update to stay relevant. Disney’s newest park, Shanghai… Read More »Imagineers and designers discuss creating Tomorrowland at Shanghai Disneyland
As we mentioned before the fan favorite exhibit and movie attraction One Man’s Dream has been given a new treatment and re-imagined into Walt Disney Presents. The first half is still all the history leading up to the creation of Disneyland, but the second half… Read More »Walt Disney Presents: now with more models
That galaxy far, far away is drawing a lot closer as Disneyland construction crews and Imagineers held a topping-off ceremony to install at the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge expansion. The ceremony was held yesterday as construction teams installed the highest steel beam in the much-anticipated… Read More »Topping out ceremony held at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland
A few years ago Garner Holt productions took over production of audio-animatronic figures from Walt Disney Imagineering. They’ve been creating amazing humanoid robotic figures ever since. Their latest takes the cake for realism. This expressive talking animatronic of President Abraham Lincoln is a special effect… Read More »Garner Holt creates most lifelike audio-animatronic of President Lincoln yet
Disney’s Hollywood Studios may contain all of Hollywood’s dreams inside its gates, but it’s still the smallest of the four parks and land-locked by main roads on 2 (almost 3) sides. So plans to add a big roller-coaster in Toy Story Land are important because… Read More »Slinky Dog Roller-Coaster reaches important Milestone
Marty Sklar was a staff writer at the UCLA’s Daily Bruin newspaper when he heard about Disneyland. One month before the park opened, Sklar got a position writing The Disneyland News, sold in the park to guests, before joining the park’s publicity team and eventually… Read More »Imagineering Legend Marty Sklar dead at age 83
A video surfaced on twitter with a look at the audio-animatronic robotics that make the Na’Vi Shaman from Pandora – The World of Avatar look so realistic. All the advanced robotics give the head a very realistic look, there are more ‘servos’ in this animatronic… Read More »Watch the robotics of the Na’vi Shaman audio-animatronic
The Disneyland Resort recently celebrated the grand arrival of Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: Breakout!, a new action-packed attraction, filled with the irreverent humor of the smash-hit “Guardians of the Galaxy” films along with its stars Rocket, Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax and Groot. I like… Read More »Every Role a Starring Role: Imagineering Project Coordinator